Backgrounders

Discover a set of resources to get you up to speed on the discussion surrounding Mars

Learn about how and why engineers designed and built some very unique aircraft.

Learn about asthma and what scientists are doing to study it.

Learn about the cryosphere and how it is being impacted by climate change.

Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!

Learn how astronauts survive in the International Space Station.

Learn about the history of space stations and how they help us learn about space.

Discover how space agencies have explored the Red Planet in the past and present and learn about the future of human spaceflight to the red planet.

Learn about the unique creatures that live in deep sea ecosystems.

Learn about coral ecosystems and why they are important as well as what you can do to help keep them healthy.

Learn about the history, functions, and types of satellites.

Learn about what gets planes up in the air, what keeps them up there, and what brings them down again.

Learn about the history and math behind the Global Positioning System.

Learn about the pelagic and benthic zones of oceans.

Learn about the four forces of flight.